OREANDA-NEWS. On March 12 2007, Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee paid a working visit to the Republic of Bashkortostan. In the frames of the visit, Alexey Miller met with Murtaza Rakhimov, President of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The parties discussed the progress with implementing the Cooperation Agreement particularly examining issues relevant to further gasification and gas supply to the Republic in 2007. The meeting addressed Gazprom’s possible purchase of 12 gas distribution stations constructed at the expense of Republican budget.

Within the meeting, Alexey Miller and Murtaza Rakhimov signed the Agreement for cooperation in the oil chemical industry between Gazprom and Bashkortostan.